Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:25pm
Tita the service charges (Community fees) depend on the floor size of your property, and includes garage and trastero (storage rooms located in the garages) They will also depend on the quality and desirability of the urbanisation and the amount of facilities the urbanisation has to maintain.
So the fees for an apartment without a garage in an upmarket urbanisation with no pool and low on gardens could actually be cheaper than an apartment on a "less desirable" urbanisation that has a big pool, gardens and a tennis court etc
This is why it's almost impossible to tell you what to expect. The only way to be sure is to do a viewing trip, looking at the apartments you've seen on the internet and ask the agent. Agents may tell you the fees online before you travel to view.
Look for a property that gets daytime sun in the winter, use a compass on the terrace when you view. Winters "feel" cold at times because you become used to temperatures from 20-37 so 6-10 feels cold.
Properties aren't insulated here the same way they are in the UK, and internal tiles that feel warm to bare feet in the summer feel freezing cold to the feet in winter.
Most people, depending on their property, use wood burners, aircon driven heating, oil filled radiators, take your pick. I have several rugs that go into summer storage and come out around early December.
I hope that helps a little.
Steve